Agharta (manga)

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Agharta


caption = Cover of volume 9
ja_name = アガルタ
ja_name_trans = Agaruta
genre = Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title = Agharta
author = Takaharu Matsumoto
publisher = Shueisha
publisher_other = flagicon|France Kana flagicon|Spain Norma Editorial flagicon|Italy Star Comics flagicon|Germany Planet Manga
demographic = Seinen
magazine = Ultra Jump
first = 1997
last = ongoing
volumes = 9

nihongo|"Agharta"|アガルタ|Agaruta is a manga series written and illustrated by Takaharu Matsumoto, published in Shueisha's "Ultra Jump" magazine since 1997.

Plot

After the earth becomes an immense desert following a cataclysm and life has become a struggle of the survival of the fittest. The story centers around Juju, a teenage boy who belongs to the one of the gangs which prevail on behalf of the new organizations, and Rael, a girl who will be able to perhaps save humanity.

Characters

;Juju MeyerA fourteen-year-old boy who's in a gang in the city near the West Sea. He and his sister, Anna-Marie, are orphans and were taken in by Stipe (leader of the gang). After he meets Rael on the "Higher Ground", the sacred island, he helps her escape. Throughout the story he obviously cares about Rael a lot and goes looking for her whenever she disappears.

;RaelA beautiful girl who seems to hold some very mysterious secrets/powers and an even crazier past. She is Master Phillips' adopted granddaughter and kills without batting an eye. Since her origins lie in the "Tamarix" (a sort of sacred tree), she needs contact with pure water to stay conscious. Apparently it is thought that she harbors inside of her "the Rem", something that seems to invoke fear.

;YunfaFrom the Eastern Valley, and who saves Juju after he fights Riam when he's trying to get water for Rael.

;RiamThe guy who beats the crap out of Juju, but seeing as how Juju actually beat him in the end, he somewhat holds respect for him.

;CaptainMajorly a comic-relief sort of person. He claims to sell and buy for everything but his own life.

;Professor Guy FujinskiHas ties with Rael's past, and even might have to do with her "creation". He's what they call a "Gardener", and seems to have special abilities, like healing and resurrecting dead people.

;UrsulaApparently Rael's little sister. She tried to kill Rael, though, but failed in the attempt.

;CoriiJuju's friend and who was resurrected by Professor Guy. Afterwards he shows changes in personality and surprising similarities to Rael's "conditions".

;Anna-Marie MeyerJuju's older sister, and Stipe's mistress. When she and Juju were little, their dad was abusive and so in order to protect Juju, she shot the dad in the head with his gun. However, she seems to have lost all memories of Juju after he turned eight. She, too, like Rael and Corii, needs water or else she goes into a coma.

Volumes

# ISBN 4-08-875645-2 published in April 1998
# ISBN 4-08-875772-6 published in March 1999
# ISBN 4-08-875822-6 published in August 1999
# ISBN 4-08-875887-0 published in February 2000
# ISBN 4-08-876098-0 published in February 2001
# ISBN 4-08-876198-7 published in August 2001
# ISBN 4-08-876574-5 published in February 2004
# ISBN 4-08-876863-9 published in September 2005
# ISBN 978-4-08-877227-1 published in April 2007

External links

*ann manga|2716|Agharta